Posters. Posters. Posters!

On April 29, the Union University Scholarship Symposium was held on the main campus in Jackson. As part of our research class, five of my classmates and I presented our semester's research work. The title of our work was "Blood Loss Prevention with the Use of Tranexamic Acid (TXA) in Total Knee Arthroplasty: An Integrative Research Review." The basis for this topic was that TXA was a drug that the group was interested in because it was something new to us and also because we found that there is currently no specific or optimal regimen of route, time, dose of this drug. We noted that a max of 1-2 grams given once is generally the dosage given. There is much in the way of future research on TXA and I believe that this topic would serve as a great topic for a future DNP project. My DNP topic is geared toward postoperative nausea and vomiting so while this is interesting, I will not be choosing it; it's still awesome though! If you would like to look at the Scholarship Symposium's website, it is located here: https://www.uu.edu/events/uuss/. Look at a few pictures of our great group! Members include Andrea Baker, Ian Bicol, Cory Prewitt, Nichelle Kirkland, and Edwin "The Boss" Martinez.